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Fòs Feminista launches a new factsheet that documents the intersections between climate change and sexual and reproductive health and rights
Across different social and cultural contexts, those who have contributed the least to climate change are often the most vulnerable to and most impacted by the effects of climate change. Those who are marginalized experience limited access to resources and decision-making power, which also inhibits their ability to withstand and recover from climate-induced disasters and access basic services, including healthcare, education, housing, and other recovery services.
This factsheet presents evidence that describes climate change as a sexual and reproductive health and rights issue. The populations that are disproportionately impacted by climate change and its effects are the same populations that already experience limited access to SRHR services, including women and girls, persons who menstruate, get pregnant and breastfeed, people living with HIV, indigenous women and children, the LGBTQI+ community, and persons with disability. This factsheet further indicates the effects of climate-induced displacement, as well as the difficulty to enact relief measures safely and quickly, placing those affected by natural disasters at even greater risk of acquiring COVID-19.
Environmental justice and reproductive justice issues are inseparable. Fully funding gender-transformative, equity-based solutions is necessary to mitigate the disproportionate impacts that climate change will continue to have on the sexual and reproductive well-being of all persons and particularly those who experience gender and other social inequalities.
